Report I: Physician Practice Information Survey, Summary Data Across

Frequency None 8.4% 1 to 5 34.7% 6 to 10 18.5% 11 to 20 16.1% 21 to 50 13.9% 51+ 8.4% =============== 100.0% How Many Administrative Personnel Are Percent of Employed In Your Main Practice?* Total Frequency None 12.0% 1 to 5 46.9% 6 to 10 17.4% 11 to 20 11.2% 21 to 50 8.0% 51+ 4.5% =============== 100.0% *Limited to Owners & Non-Institutional Employees/Independent Contractors 2 **Limited to Owners & Non-Institutional Employees/Independent Contractors With This Type Of Staff 3 How Many Clinical Staff Who Can Bill Independently Percent of Are Employed In Your Main Practice?* Total Frequency None 65.6% 1 to 5 28.7% 6 to 10 3.2% 11 to 20 1.5% 21 to 50 0.6% 51+ 0.3% =============== 100.0% How Many Clinical Staff Who Can Not Bill Independently Percent of Are Employed In Your Main Practice?* Total Frequency None 39.4% 1 to 5 37.2% 6 to 10 11.1% 11 to 20 6.3% 21 to 50 3.2% 51+ 2.6% =============== 100.0% Staff Who Can Bill Independently, Percent of Do They Assist In Hospital?** Total Frequency Yes 36.3% No 63.7% =============== 100.0% Staff Who Can Not Bill Independently, Percent of Do They Assist In Hospital?** Total Frequency Yes 10.2% No 89.8% =============== 100.0% *Limited to Owners & Non-Institutional Employees/Independent Contractors Section III: Professional Medical Liability Insurance What Type of Professional Medical Percent of Liability Insurance Do You Have? Total Frequency Covered By a Policy Purchased from an Insurance Carrier 88.9% Self Insured 10.4% Uninsured (Going Bare) 0.7% =============== 100.0% Do You Have Tail Coverage on Any Claims Made Percent of Prof. Medical Liability Ins.<br><br> Policies? Total Frequency No 88.1% Yes 11.9% =============== 100.0% Have Any Malpractice Claims Been Filed Percent of Against You During Your Career? Total Frequency No 57.8% Yes 42.2% =============== 100.0% Have Any Malpractice Claims Been Filed Percent of Against You in the Past 12 Months?<br><br> Total Frequency No 94.9% Yes 5.1% =============== 100.0% 4 100.0% 5 Section IV: Charity Care, EMTALA, Bad Debt, & Pay For Performance Did You Provide Charity Care in Your Percent of Most Recent Week of Practice? Total Frequency No 46.5% Yes 53.5% =============== 100.0% Did You Provide EMTALA Care in Your Percent of Most Recent Week of Practice? Total Frequency No 74.0% Yes 26.0% =============== 100.0% Did You Incur Any Bad Debt for Percent of Services Rendered in 2006?<br><br> Total Frequency No 17.8% Yes 82.2% =============== 100.0% Did You Incur Any Bad Debt from the Provision Percent of of EMTALA Mandated Care in 2006? Total Frequency No 69.7% Yes 30.3% =============== 100.0% Percent of Do You Participate in Any Pay For Performance Programs? Total Frequency No 79.6% Yes 20.4% =============== 100.0% 6 Section V: Contracting and EMR How Many Private Health Plan Contracts Percent of Does Your Practice Have?<br><br> Total Frequency No Contracts 7.3% 1-5 Contracts 14.3% 6-10 Contracts 26.6% 11-15 Contracts 18.6% 16-20 Contracts 12.1% 21-25 Contracts 5.2% 26+ Contracts 15.9% =============== 100.0% Do You Currently Agree to Treat All, Percent of Some, or No New Medicare Patients? Total Frequency All 79.8% Some 14.2% None 6.0% =============== 100.0% Do You Currently Agree to Treat All, Some, Percent of or No New Medicaid or S-CHIP Patients? Total Frequency All 56.1% Some 23.5% None 20.5% =============== 100.0% Percent of Does Your Practice Use Electronic Medical Records?<br><br> Total Frequency Yes, All Electronic 21.3% Yes, Part Paper & Part Electronic 24.0% No, Will Install in 3 Years 17.4% No, But Under Consideration 15.3% No, Not Under Consideration 22.1% =============== Number of Sample Observations Used in Preceding Frequency Tables The MEANS Procedure Variable Label N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- q4coded What Is The Primary Setting in Which You Provide Most of Your Patient Care Services? 5741 q5 Are You an Owner, Employee, or Independent Contractor in Your Main Practice? 5803 q6coded Who Is Your Employer (Employees & Independent Contractors Only)?<br><br> 1643 pracsize Including You, How Many Physicians Are in Your Main Practice?* 4635 num73 How Many Non-Physician Personnel Are Employed In Your Main Practice?* 3592 num74 How Many Administrative Personnel Are Employed In Your Main Practice?* 3564 num75 How Many Clinical Staff Who Can Bill Independently Are Employed In Your Main Practice?* 3580 num76 How Many Clinical Staff Who Can Not Bill Independently Are Employed In Your Main Practice?* 3554 q75aalt Staff Who Can Bill Independently, Do They Assist In Hospital?** 1240 q76aalt Staff Who Can Not Bill Independently, Do They Assist In Hospital?** 1999 q55a What Type of Professional Medical Liability Insurance Do You Have? 4315 tail Do You Have Tail Coverage on Any Claims Made Prof. Medical Liability Ins.<br><br> Policies? 3998 eversued Have Any Malpractice Claims Been Filed Against You During Your Career? 4793 suedthyr Have Any Malpractice Claims Been Filed Against You in the Past 12 Months?<br><br> 4776 anycharity Did You Provide Charity Care in Your Most Recent Week of Practice? 4439 anyemtala Did You Provide EMTALA Care in Your Most Recent Week of Practice? 3951 anybad Did You Incur Any Bad Debt for Services Rendered in 2006?<br><br> 3075 anybademt Did You Incur Any Bad Debt from the Provision of EMTALA Mandated Care in 2006? 2835 q54 Do You Participate in Any Pay For Performance Programs? 4754 q87 How Many Private Health Plan Contracts Does Your Practice Have?<br><br> 2800 q88 Do You Currently Agree to Treat All, Some, or No New Medicare Patients? 3860 q89 Do You Currently Agree to Treat All, Some, or No New Medicaid or S-CHIP Patients? 3856 q90 Does Your Practice Use Electronic Medical Records?<br><br> 4536 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Limited to Owners & Non-Institutional Employees/Independent Contractors **Limited to Owners & Non-Institutional Employees/Independent Contractors With This Type Of Staff 7 Section VI: Descriptive Statistics for Select Practice Characteristics --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | N | Mean | P25 | P50 | P75 | |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Including You, How Many | | | | | | |Physicians Are in Your Main | | | | | | |Practice?* | 4635| 16.3| 1| 3| 8| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Including You, How Many | | | | | | |Physicians in Your Main | | | | | | |Practice Are in Your | | | | | | |Specialty?* | 4390| 6.6| 1| 2| 6| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Including You, How Many | | | | | | |Physicians in Your Main | | | | | | |Practice Are Full or Part | | | | | | |Owners?* | 4355| 8.5| 1| 2| 5| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Number of Malpractice Claims | | | | | | |Filed During Career | 4740| 1.0| 0| 0| 1| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Number of Malpractice Claims | | | | | | |Filed in Prior 12 Months | 4776| 0.1| 0| 0| 0| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Weekly Hours of Charity Care | 4439| 3.0| 0| 1| 3| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Weekly Hours of EMTALA Care | 3951| 2.4| 0| 0| 1| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |How Many Private Health Plan | | | | | | |Contracts Does Your Practice | | | | | | |Have? | 2800| 17.8| 6| 12| 20| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Age (AMA Masterfile) | 5823| 48.5| 40| 48| 56| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Limited to Owners & Non-Institutional Employees/Independent Contractors 8 Section VII: Descriptive Statistics on Bad Debt From EMTALA, Prof. Medical Liability Policies & EMR Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | N | Mean | P25 | P50 | P75 | |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |Percent of Bad Debt from EMTALA| | | | | | |(Among Those With Bad Debt) | 2391| 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% | |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |2006 Prof.<br><br> Medical Liability | | | | | | |Ins. Premium | 3849| $24,503| $10,000| $15,000| $28,000| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |2006 Prof. Medical Liability | | | | | | |Ins.<br><br> Per Claim Limit | 3650| $1,247,661| $1,000,000| $1,000,000| $1,000,000| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |2006 Prof. Medical Liability | | | | | | |Ins. Aggregate Limit | 3513| $2,944,746| $3,000,000| $3,000,000| $3,000,000| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |EMR Acquisition Cost | 821| $31,125| $1,000| $10,000| $33,000| |-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------| |EMR Annual Operating Cost | 823| $5,453| $0| $3,000| $8,000| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9<br><br>

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